| Turey el Taíno | |
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Cover to Turey #1 |
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| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Editorial Manos, El Mundo, El Nuevo Día |
| Schedule | Weekly |
| Format | Comic strip |
| Publication date | 1989 |
| Main character(s) | Turey, Tureycito, Yari |
| Creative team as of 2009 | |
| Penciller(s) | Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón |
| Inker(s) | Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón |
| Colorist(s) | Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón |
| Creator(s) | Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón |
Turey is a Puerto Rican comic book magazine that is published since 1989. Originally a comic strip on the now defunct El Mundo newspaper, Turey debuted at Puerto Rico's news stands as a magazine in October of that year.
Published by Editorial Manos and written and drawn by Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón, Turey shows its readers the way the Taínos used to live before Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus and his crew. It also depicts the many different words and instruments they used and how they battled their arch-enemies, the Caribs.
"Turey" is the Taíno word for "sky".
In 1999, the USPS's Hato Rey station honored the magazine by nicknaming the station the Turey station.
Currently the Turey Sunday strips are seen in El Nuevo Día. The character is featured in a section titled Mi pequeño día, which is directed towards children.[1]
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The Institute of Puerto Rican Culture honored Turey by publishing a book on the character, which included a collection of the comic strips. Turey is also the principal figure on an educational pamphlet published by El Nuevo Día Educador ("ENDE").[2] The United States Postal Service honored "Turey el Taino" and his creator in 1999, by presenting a cancelled postal stamp and renaming the postal station in "Plaza Las Americas" in Puerto Rico, the "Turey Postal Station".
On November 10, 1999, The Puerto Rican House of Representatives, honored Turey's creator Ricardo Álvarez-Rivón and presented him with a plaque.[3] Álvarez-Rivón continues to write and illustrate the Turey comic strips with the collaboration of his wife, Magali Álvarez-Rivón.[4]